All Covid-19 articles – Page 79
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OpinionCoronavirus: Cash, agility and customer focus will mark retail’s winners
The likely collapse into administration of Laura Ashley is not solely the result of coronavirus. The pandemic was sadly the last nail in the coffin of a retailer that has struggled to appeal to shoppers for some time.
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NewsTesco rations all product lines amid coronavirus crisis
Tesco is to place a restriction of three items per customer on every product it sells as part of changes to combat stockpiling sparked by the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsCoronavirus: Three-quarters of shoppers face shortages as stockpiling ramps up
Nearly three-quarters of UK consumers are struggling to purchase basic grocery items such as tinned food and toilet roll as shoppers increase stockpiling.
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NewsCoronavirus: Selfridges to shut stores from 7pm tonight
Department store group Selfridges is to shut its stores, including its Oxford Street flagship, at close of business this evening to play its part in minimising the spread of coronavirus.
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NewsAsda temporarily closes counters and rations products to limit stockpiling
Asda has become the latest supermarket to begin rationing products to limit stockpiling and is closing counters to free up staff as the coronavirus outbreak continues.
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NewsMorrisons calls for relaxed competition laws during coronavirus crisis
Morrisons has urged the government to relax a host of regulations, including competition laws, during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsInditex posts profits rise but makes €287m coronavirus provision
Fashion giant Inditex has reported a rise in full-year profits but the advance was scaled back by a coronavirus provision.
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NewsCoronavirus: Superdry to miss targets after sales hit
Superdry will miss its financial guidance after the coronavirus outbreak hit sales overseas and in the UK.
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NewsMorrisons posts profit rise but coronavirus brings ‘unprecedented challenges’
Grocer Morrisons has reported a rise in full-year profits but cautioned that the coronavirus pandemic brings “unprecedented challenges”.
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NewsCoronavirus: Amazon limits shipments to warehouses to focus on high-demand lines
Amazon is restricting shipments from vendors to its UK distribution centres in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsSainsbury’s and Tesco launch in-store initiatives to address coronavirus crisis
Sainsbury’s and Tesco have each unveiled measures ranging from dedicated shopping times for the vulnerable to limited trading hours to cope with the impact of coronavirus.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How are retailers protecting staff during the coronavirus outbreak?
As the government takes increasingly stringent action to combat the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, retail staff have found themselves on the front line in the face of panic buying and contagion fears.
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NewsChancellor suspends business rates for 12 months for ‘economic fight’
The chancellor has announced 12-month business rates holidays for all retailers and pubs as part of a sweeping set of measures designed to support business in the face of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsCoronavirus: Retailers call for rates relief as store closure fears grow
Retailers are banding together to call on the government for exemption from business rates if shops are forced to close because of the coronavirus outbreak, and have renewed demands for far-reaching reform.
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NewsMountain Warehouse boss mulls 2,000 redundancies amid coronavirus sales slump
Mountain Warehouse chief executive Mark Neale has warned the business may need to make substantial redundancies following a “catastrophic” drop in sales triggered by the coronavirus.
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NewsMorrisons to hire 3,500 new staff as it ramps up online deliveries
Morrisons is to hire 3,500 new workers as part of plans to ramp up its home delivery service during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsAmazon to hire 100,000 new workers to meet coronavirus-induced demand
Amazon has said it will take on 100,000 new staff to meet increased demand for online shopping caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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OpinionThe Secret Retailer: Boris, we face fight for survival without your help
In the first of our columns from a ‘secret retailer’, one chief executive with stores nationwide calls on the government to up its game on coronavirus – and warns businesses will go bust if it doesn’t.
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NewsLaura Ashley blames coronavirus outbreak as it slumps into administration
Laura Ashley’s owners have filed an intention to appoint administrators and have suspended trading, blaming the coronavirus pandemic for a “significant” impact on trading.
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NewsAldi begins rationing lines as stockpiling continues
Aldi has become the first supermarket in the UK to effectively ration the sale of all lines as customers continue to stockpile in the face of the coronavirus outbreak.